An orang brought by Montgomery to Calcutta in 1827, was less phlegmatic than animals of this species usually are. He played with those who carried him when they stooped over him, caught them by the hair, and so on. He tried to scour his tin vessel with a cloth, throwing one end over his shoulder, as he had seen the servants of the house do. He was particularly fond of milk, tea, wine, and pandanos fruit. He was very inquisitive, and tried everything that he could reach, first with the fingers, then with the lips, and finally with his teeth. He was fond of biting off the coat-lappets of his visitors. His absurd gestures, combined with his air of solemnity, excited laughter even in the grave natives. He was once drinking tea, when some one filled the empty mug with water; he emptied it out upon the floor, threw himself on his back, screamed, and struck his breast and belly with his hands. His gait was clumsy and unsteady when he tried to walk upright. When he went on all-fours, he sometimes supported himself on his hands and swung himself forward with his feet. If he lost his balance in walking upright, he fell upon his head, and then went on by turning somersaults. As soon as he was unchained, he went into the house and tried to get a portion of his master’s breakfast. In spite of his usual inquisitiveness, he was not at all excited by the sight of his melancholy countenance in the glass. The large orang which was in the Berlin Aquarium in 1876 was a sullen companion, and looked like an old Bedouin as he crouched down and peered from under the covering which was thrown over him. His keeper could only trust him when he brought him an orange, and if he approached the bars of the cage without food, the ape flew at him, gnashing his teeth. He was sluggish whenever he was not excited by hunger. Then he started from his usually sitting position, and devoured the food which was cautiously passed through the door. If kept waiting, he threw himself on his back in a rage. When his hunger was satisfied, he played with the straw, the cord, or with his blanket. When it was necessary to change his straw, he was lured away by holding out an orange at the top of his pole, and the change was effected while the ape was tearing open the rind and sucking out its contents. In the evening he never omitted to clear out a hole in the straw, and to roll himself in his blanket. Gabriel Max has drawn a striking likeness of the resigned attitude of a sick orang.